OMG it all makes sense! Primal Journal. page 3

[Louisa655]

I went to a gathering yesterday at a pub and had a great time catching up with mates. But the biggest thing was that my husband and I ordered lunch and very easily ate our primal food and ignored the fries. And they were gorgeous looking fries. Hand cut and beer battered. But I looked at them coated in wheat flour and cooked in some horrible oil and realised they would be poison to my body. Hubby and I laughed later as we had both thought the same thing. Could we be becoming purists??!!

I have promised him not to go on a crusade and spout out to everyone about how bad their way of eating is. And I wouldn't. But had an interesting conversation on friday with a Mum in my son's class. She is very over weight and was complaining how she now has bristly hair growing under her chin. She is only 38. She was thinking PCOS. She said she has tried so hard at dieting and exercise but the result were so minimal compared to the effort she was putting in.

Casually I mentioned Primal and how it works. She seemed genuinely interested so I directed her to this website and she also wanted me to jot down some meal plans in an ordinary week for her. So I'll pass that on to her today. I said to her to just give it ago for one month and see how she feels then. Be interesting how she goes.

My pants continue to get looser. Last week I lost some more grams and another cm of my waist. The down side is my bra cups are starting to look a lot less full. But I refuse to buy anything new yet, I'll wait till the new year. Even though it has been over four weeks I notice I still get the odd day of carb flu. I might feel a bit sluggish or have a sore lumbar area. Then the next day I wake up and I'm rearing to go with that wonderful energy. My husband has been getting a sore back on and off to, he is three weeks into being Primal.

Planned the xmas menu and it looks like it will be ham, roast pork, lobster and prawn. With salads and bbq's veges.
I'll make the kids a trifle (with no sherry of course!).

sherry in he trifle helps the kids sleep.

[Edcat]

Another week has flown by and we're still going strong in this household!

After my 200g weight gain last week I am so pleased that today I am 70.9 kg! Woo hoo! I haven't been under 71 for about three years and that last time was bloody hard work. Strict calorie counting and exercising everyday! And i was miserable and it all crept back, plus some.

And another cm of my waist. I can actually see my waist definition coming in and that is what pleases me more than any weight loss number. Pre children I had a lovely hour glass shape and I was always proud of my waist measurement of 23 inches. Now it's in the mid 30's ... but reducing.

Hubby is loosing ridiculous amounts, he's only been doing it for four weeks and is down 7 kg and his clothes are looking truly baggy all over. He keeps coming out in pants he put at the back of the wardrobe and showing how they fit, how much looser they are. He is so happy at what is happening and he is also amazed at this no hunger business. I'm chuffed that I was able to initiate a lifestyle change that resonates with both of us.

I facebooked Nora to tell her how her book has changed my life and my husband's. It is so sustainable and enjoyable. My latest breakfast or should I say brunch as I don't eat till about 11:30am is blood sausage with three eggs scrambled in butter with vintage cheddar cheese or three egg omelette (I've found this the magic number to keep me full till early evening) with cheese and chilli powder and smoked salmon with wasabi and pickled ginger or tomato slices sauteed in butter with slices of sauteed blood sausages and slices of thick sliced haluumi cheese, delicious flavours.

Last night I roasted two free range hormone free chickens slathered in butter and himalayan salt, stuffed with half a lemon and rosemary and my god did we enjoy that chicken skin, completely guilt free. My husband still cracks up laughing at what I feed him but the results speak for themselves. He just shakes his head at me if I feel some rumbling late afternoon and I have a small cup of cream to tide me over till tea is cooked. He doesn't like cream so he gets macadamia nuts.

I also feel my weight loss this week is attributed to the fact I had three alcohol free evenings and I've introduced nettle tea to my herbal blend and I feel that is helping rid me of unwanted fluid. The Painters are nearly here and normally I'm retaining water big time. Fingers all puffy etc but at the moment nothing plus the weight loss on the scales. So yay for nettle tea.

So off I go for another week, so funny all this spare time now as I'm not obsessing with food, not going to the fridge, opening it, then shutting it quick while berating myself for having no willpower. Poor my old self, you couldn't help it you were poisoning yourself and feeding your addiction with grains and wheat. Go my new self!!

[Edcat]

Weigh-n this morning was a whole kilogram! So now I'm 69.9kg. How motivating that weight loss is. I popped a top on today that I haven't been able to fit into for about three years and it looked great. Bit snug across the boobs but I now know that I'll easily fit into it in a couple of weeks.
I have been listening to my body and its hunger cues and am finding that I will eat my first meal of the day between 11:30am and 12:30pm and for the past three days I haven't wanted any other food. If you had told me this time next year that I would be happy and hunger free on one meal a day, I would have laughed at you.
I have discovered this gorgeous streaky bacon, and the tomatoes are fabulous at the moment. Being summer here the salads are really enjoyable to eat.
I am going to introduce a multivite on top of my three krill oil capsules and vit D capsule. If I'm only eating one meal a day I think that would be a wise inclusion.
Oh I have also lost another 2 cm's of my waist.
Went out for lunch with my yoga class to celebrate another year together. Someone noted me removing all the croutons from my caesar salad and asked what I was doing. I said I don't eat bread anymore. Well the whole table stopped and then wanted to know why? What did I eat instead? And then I had to give examples of a daily menu. Overall it was received well, main thing was they wanted to know how I found out about. So I referred them all to read Primal Mind, Primal Body and also to come to this website and have a browse.
Hubby and I are off on holiday next week for seven nights. Not worried at all about staying true. We're going to Coolangatta so there will be lots of swimming in the sea, walks on the beach and yummy seafood to eat.

[Annieh]

Edcat, that is all fantastic news. Well done, you. And so funny at your dh laughing over eating chicken skin, haha. Maybe you will have converted some of your classmates.

Happy holiday.

[Edcat]

Thanks Annieh
Merry christmas to you too!